A petrified chicken was rescued by a kind woman after it was thrown into a McDonalds late on Saturday evening (May 6).

The scared animal was thrown through the doors of the McDonald's in Yeovil on Lysander Road at around 9pm. People in the store were understood to be laughing and trying to push the bird back into the road.

Kate Bradley was in the fast food restaurant at the time having a late night coffee with friends.

She said it was in danger of being run over so took it home to care for.

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“I scooped the hen up and took him back home in the car. The hen was very traumatised by the ordeal and I think it was a very abusive thing to do.

“The people who did this really need to be addressing their behaviour. It had to sleep in my kitchen and stay in my back garden for a while, even though I am not set up to keep hens, until I found a better place for it.”

The hen is now being cared for by another person until someone claims her. If no one does come forward it will stay with her and a number of other rescue hens.